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wwwwwmx u'riirsio sir PATENT JGHN WERNER, Oi DAYTON, a": :10, ASSSIGNGRTO THE NATIGNAZI CASH CGMPLXNY, 01 DAYTON, OHIO, 1i CUB-FGEATION {3F01-15 CAPEH-BEGIS TEE.

iipplication filed December 22, 1911.

increased advantages to users and in prin-' ciple, design andconstruction be superior to past machines of this class.

' More specifically its objects are to, provide means whereby inentering a. transaction in the machine the record strip may be firstwritten upon then moved to a position in which the printing mechanism ofthe machine can print adjacent the writing. and

after the printing is done moved back to its original. position andbeyond it one step,.

thus positioning the record strip for the next entry thereon. hiovablymount the record strip carrying mechanism whereby it may .be moved fromnormal position to a position in which record strip may be more readilyremoved from or inserted in it. This is done by mounting the stripcarrying mechanism upon a pivot about which it may he swung to obtainthe desired movement. Means are provided whereby parts of this mechanismare locked from accidental movement when the mechanism is out of normalposition. Provide means whereby the check issuing-and printingmechanisms may be disabled or rendered operative as desired and by acommon operation. Provide an im proved form of counter with novel turnto zero mechanism therefor. The counter wheels are loosely mounted upona hollow normally stationary drum which however adapted to be coupledwith the wheels and moved to return the latter to Zero by an operationof the machine. Provide an improved restoring means for the actuatingsegments, actuated from the driving shaft ofthe machine by a series ofprojections and a cam. wherei iy the desired. movement of the restoringmechanism may be effected. Pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Nov. tars.

Serial No. 667,272.

vide an alining device for the actuating segments of improved formtending to normally yieldingly aline them but adapted to positively doso vjust previous to their ei1- gagement with the totalizer elements andto be positively disengaged from the segments during their restoringmovement. Provice means whereby the actuation of the clerks slide isnecessary before the machine can be operated. Provide a control from thetrans action slide over the meshing of the totalizer elements with theactuating segments therefor and also of the turn to zero operation ofthe machine. Provide improved drawer locking mechanism and connectionswhereby when the drawer is opened, the drawer locking mechanism operatesto lock the bottom of the coin display in closed position, whereby coinstherein can not drop therefrom when the drawer is open and out ofpositionto receive them. And to accomplish the above objects in aspositive a manner as is possible, avoiding all unnecessary use ofsprings and spring actuated devices.

Vith these and incidental objects in view the invention consists incertain novel features of constructions and combination of parts, theessential elements of which-are set forth in appended claims and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown withreference to the drawings which accompany and form part of thisspecification.

Figure l is a perspective view of the register assembled in its cabinet.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the register with the top of the cabinetremoved. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 1-1, Fig. 2, withthe coin display apparatus shown in elevation. Fig. l is a section online 2-2, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 5 is adetail of mechanism not completely shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is anenlarged view showing the detail strip feeding mechanism. Fig. 7 is anenlarged plan view of the check feeding mechanism and the type whee-ls.Fig. Sis an elevation of the check feeding mechanism and electro'lookmgin the direction of feed of the check strip. Fig. 1') shows ,1 detail ofthe means for preventing the operation of the check printing hammer whenno checks are to be issued. Fig. 1.0 is an elevation oi the pivotallymounted dead LJ isicr thereon. i of the counter and transfer devices.shows a partof the turn to sero mechanism including the 1. cans forcoupling the totalizer drum n the totalizer wheels t'iereon by themovement if the transaction Fig. is is t inal section iii-- counter andit ,orting mechanism.

y this invention are the 2; upon detail strip of the amount, kind, andconsecutive number of each transaction and t e initial of the clerkmaking it. Similar pri oporati ns are also performed u}; check strip,which may be fed from the machine at each operation. A counter is alsoprovided for accumulating the total oft-he amounts of transactions inWhich money is received.

nism also controls the throwing in of hcoimter for proper transactionsand (more tions and its differential. actuation, as well also theunlocking of the machine.

Ali-e I g eral relationship of the above mechanisms to each other isFigs. 1 and 9. from which figures anisin of the machine will be seen themain Within a cahinet rrom the machine oroper small; 2

the op= one sicie is a Wh'ch only thcamount of each transiton=clia ismof the machine is driven.

cabinet is provided with a PlvOl iilflhy counted lid covering the forWard portion the top. This lid is pro- 1 .i' an l ig opening through allelements or the mandated. A portion of is of glass, through which a mayhe observed. One tcor- G is removed 7 to permit the operator Writingupon a portion of the detail strip which p 'sse's beneath. this glass. Aportion of the rear anhinged part of the top oi the cabinet is also ofglass through which, as shown in Fig. 1, may be seen coin disg l y axism. An openin 9 is famed adjacent this glass leading to coin displaymechanism through .vvhich coins are 11- .steo

. in said mechanisms.

1-) is at rezno .le-portion of the lid at of the cabinet WM .1 may beremoved to inspect p rts of the'niechanism of the machine.

' i i. and 153 of the frame which serves to support many parts of themechanism and to form end hearings for some of the shorter shafts whichdo not extend the entire width of the machine; This partition is notsolid but open in places through which openings in some instances partsof the mechanism are caused to move. lt-is located nearer side 13 of themain frame than side'12 forming compartments A and B within the framewhich are respectively adjacent sides 13 and 1 I [)ifi'crcntalMechanism-Jieing the first to be operated when the machine is operated,the differential mechanism will he the first described in detail. Thismechanism comprises amount differential mechanism, clerks initialdifferential mechanism, and transaction differential mechanism. Each ofthese differential mechanisms control the position of correspondingprinting type, while the amount diii erential mechanism also controlsthe diilerential actuation of the counter. The clerks initialdifferential mechanism also controls the unlocking of the machine. Thetransaction differential mechanism controls the meshing of the counterwith the amount dii lerential mechanism when amounts are to he enteredin the counter and also the operation of the machine to turn the counterto zero.

1 represents the front of thecash drawer differentially adjustedby theslides, by

45 extending through openings in the actuators and segment and mountedin the ri side 13 and portion 16 of the frame. l

n1 vement of these actuators and segmen when being positioned by t eircorrespo' ing slides will be in c direction of arrows in these figureswhile their restor u movement will, of course, is n reverse 1odirection. The diilerentia positioning the amount actuators 33 to serv s2 et type wheels, and their restoration position to diilerentialiy'actuate the wheels, in case th: have been tively connected viiiu tentscorresponding the of restoring movement, as herein scribed. The segmentthe tial slide 29 no effect the coun 2 but, in addition 5" ting upprinth g to print the corres iding clerizs initial, serves tonnlockthemachine for operation. The printing takes place just after thedifferential setting of these elements and the resultant setting of theprinting type and before their restoration to normal position. "Thedifferential positioning of amountactuators 33, 34, and 36 and clerlrsinitial segment 37. serves to position type so common to the check anddetail strip printing mechanism and to set up type for both of thesemechanisms. To this end the concentrically, nested sleeves 4G, 41, 4:2,

44 carry t their ends opposite those on 35 which the actuators aresupported, respectively, disks 4:6, 47, 48, 49 and 50, each providedwith gear teeth on a portion of its pe riphery. Through these gear teeththese disks 46, d7, 48, 49 and 50 respectively operatively connect withpinions 51, 52, 53, 5a

and 55 carried respectively by nested sleeves 56, 57, 58 and 59 and 590carried by shaft 61 with which the sleeves are concentric. Be tweensleeve 590 and sleeve 59 carrying pinion 54 is mounted a sleeve 60carrying pinion 62 which is located between pinions 54 and 55. Thispinion 62 is actuated directly from transaction slide '30 which has adependingportion which projects forwardly along the left side (Figs. 2and 15) of 'clerks initial slide 29 and carries on its under side twosets of rack teeth 63 and 64 (Figs. 17 and 21). Rack teeth 63 meshdirectly with sleeve carrying pinion 62. Rack teeth 64 serve to impartdifierential movement of slide 30 to transaction segment 38 mounted onshaft 39 adjacent partition 16 of the 60 frame. This is imparted througha stub shaft 65 mounted in partition 16 carrying a pinion. 66 adjacentto this partition meshing with gear teeth 67 on the transaction segment38 and a second pinion 68 mounted 65 on the end of the stub shaft,beneath and 4-3 and are necessary for the shilling ty-pe ca the teeth ofpinion 62 and serve to impart any differential movement of slide 30 tomeshing with teeth ca on transaction slide 80. In way diaerentialmovement transaction, slide 30 is communicated to rested sleevne of whie UL.

'ype wheels strip the oi the front for the check printing mechanism.Sleeve 60 immediately surroundii'ig sleeve supports a type car rier itsimilarly carrying two sets of action characters, a star of each sethein normally in printing position which is us to indicate cashtransactizms Besides star for c. transactions, each clones char-i is Re.h. and Pd. ind

111g re spectively received on acco chargz. and paid on Sleeve ascarries type car is at its front and back a s This type carrier is for Islide and it will he remembered tlr machine is not designed to handle c'as high as twenty pounds. Type carri is carried by sleeve 58 and isPIUVlm with a front and back set of 1 to 9 ch tors for the units ofpounds slice. Sleeww o.

carries a type carrier '73 for the si slide-and sleeve 56 carriesadjacent to carrier 73 a type carrier 34 for the p slide. As twentycharacters from 0 i 73 and as twenty-four are desirable for W12 pencecarrier, each set of these chai are arranged completelyaround thccarriers making necessary two roi 's oi acters for each of these typecarriers, for printing upon the detail strip a; 3 upon the check strip.The printing mers for the detail strip and the strip are each cut awayadjacent thof the shilling and pence wheels with they do not cooperate.

The operation of the mechani machine so far described is pletely by theadjustment of dis slides 25 to 30. Amount slides and 28 directlyposition amount 33, 34, 35 and 35 which are respecti\. nected, as abovedescribed, with 51, S and 59 carrying amount printing type carriers 74,73, 72 and 7'1. Clerks initial slide directly positions clerics initialsegment 3? which is connected with sleeve on shaft 81 carrying clcrksinitial carrier 69 and transaction slide directly a tuates sleeve (30carrying transaction t-ype carrier 70.

Unlocking of machine by movement of clerl'fs initial sZirZc-ln additionto setting up the clerlrs initial type carrier, the movement of clerhsinitial segment 37 through slide 29 serves to unlock the machine foroperation. To this end, as shown in Fig.3 17, this segment carries a pinprojecting from its side into the plane of the rear end of lever 76loosely pivoted on shaft 77 supported in the lower portion of partition16 and side piece 13 of the frame; Rear end 78 of this lever is curvedupwardly around shaft 79 and at its extreme end 80 is adapted to beengaged by pin 75 on segment 37 when this segment is in normal position.lhe

forward end of lever '76 is notched 81 which notch engages over pin 82carried by one arm of hell crank locking member 83 mounted on a shaft 8%supported in part-ition 16 and side 13 of the frame. The other arm 85 ofthis locking member is adapted to engage projection 86 on disk 87 rigidwith drive shaft D of the machine. A spring is connected at one end to afixed part of the machine and at the other to arm 85 of locking member83 tending at all tunes to retain and permit rotation of the 76 upvrdlyand the forward notched end ih wnwardly which, through the connectionwith looking mein e 83, holds the latter in loci-ting cngagcnient withdisk 87 and prevents rotation of drive shaft D. "vl hen seginch. T m tedby it clerhs initial slide iv, pin 75 is withdrawn from end 80 of leverZ6 and allows spring 88 to withdraw upper arms-5 of locking member 83out of the. path of lug 86 on disk 87 and permit rotation of the driveshaft in. the direction of the arrow in Fig. 17. by this mechanismactuation of the clerks initial slide is made necessary before themachine can he operated.

a manner hereinafter described, the amount these parts normal position.

turn of these actuators to zero to extents controlled by the extentswhich the actuators had been moved from their normal position by theactuation of the amount slides 29. This restoration of thedifferentially set actuators 3-3 to 36 and segment 3? io normal positionis accomplished by the following mechanism.

As shown in Figs. 33 and 15, a yoke 89 is rigidly mounted on shaft andextends over the actuators to SS, segment 37 and disks 46 to 50. Qhetransaction segment is without this yoke. however, shown in Fig. 15, asit is restored by other 1neclian'..n. This shaft 39 projects through thepartition 16 and, within the compartment B before defined, supports asegment gear 90 which meshes with teeth 91 on the rear er ge of lever 00pivotally mounted on pin 98 projecting from partition 16 within thecempart.

ment 3 as snown in Fi i. The 'end of lever 92 opposite that meshing withsegmental gear 90 is of goose neck form and extends over the maindriving shaft D of the 1nachine adjacent an actuating member secured tothis shaft which is provided with three fingers 95, and 97 adapted toengage, respectively, when the drive shaft is rotated in the directionof the arrow in this figure, with three pins 98, 99 and 100 carried bythe goose neck. Rotation of the main shaft l) causes finger 95 to overpin 98 and pull the goose neck down to a certain extent. Just beforethis finger recedes from pin 98, 96 enters into driving engagement withpin and the goose neck is drawn farther downward. Previous to thedisengagement of elenents, finger 97 engag pin ZOO further moves thegoose neck end of lever 9" iia downward direction. .'iiacent theactuating" member 91" on e driiing' shaft is a cam .llll adapted to c,ag'e with roller 102. on. the goose neclr. This cam is so shaped as topermit the pulling down of the goose neck by the actunher 94 as i texplained, nd.

i si ned to force C, no goose neclr up-- waroly t normal posit on afterall the fingers 9S and 9? have become disengaged from theircorresponding pins. The pull-- in g down of the goose neck by means ofthe fingers on the actuating member and the pins on the goose neck, ofcourse has the effect of raising the other end of the lever whichcarries teeth 9 meshin 'z with segn1en-- tal r 90 mounted on shaftso andwill as cillate this shaft in a direction reverse to the arrow in Figs.and 13. The reverse direction of the movement of these parts will ocourwhen the goose neck end of the lever 92 is lifted later by the cam 101engaging with rollerl02 of the goose neck. The position of Hown in Figs.1- and 13 is their The yoke 89, which as stated above, is rigidlyconnected with shaft to more or less extents. pulling down of the gooseneck end of lever movement of the amount actor.

39, is shown in dotted lines in Fig.13. Upon the drawing down of thegoose neck end of lever- 92 segmental gear will he rotated'in aclockwise direction, as shown in Fig. 4, as will also shaft 39 and yoke89 carried thereby as shown in. Fig. 13.

Actuators 33 to 36 and segment 37 carry projections 103 which in thenormal position of the machine will be located, as shown in Figs. 13, 16and 17, but as these actuators are differentially set by their,actuating slides, these projections will he moved in counter-clockwisedirection in these figiiires The effect of the then to swing yoke aboutits axis from its normal positlon shown in dotted lines in Fig. 13 in aclockwise direction in this figure and cause it to engage all of theselugs 103 on the different actuators and return the latter to theirnormal. position which is shown in 13. After this is done the restoringyoke swung aclr to normal position by the cam 101 act: roller 10:2 onlever 9:2. Vv hen the actna are restored to normal position, thesnpporting webs of each referred to. projecting thri the actuators whichlimits these actuators i AZ-iai and from crea ion segment made foralining and preventing" clerk and transaction end the amount actuatorsthe clerks initial segzznsi action segment 38 have to their sidesperipheral plates 105, 106. 107. 188,

of which. adapted to T tively by the corresponding one of a n.

of alining pawls 111 lo shaft .112 supported at s tit1on 16 and rightside 13 of the machine frame. shaft 112 also carries pawl framecomprising end 'Jlates 113 'luough wl.- ich shaft 112 extends and abackconnec ing' portion 11% for the end plates which bentforwardly at itstop and bottom 115 and 116 respectively. These foiwvardly bent portionsare each provided with a of otches in 'whiel'i the upper and lowerportions of the. penis play. The upper portion of each pawl plays in ateh inv the upper forwardly bent portion and the lower portion of itplays in the corresponding one of the lower series of notches. In thisway the pawls are held from relative displacement longitudinally of theshaft 11:2 and may be positively forced into or out of en gageinent withthe alining plates. The upper portion of one of the end plates 113 ofthis frame is pivotally connected at 117 with one end of a link 118 theother of mores;-

The end portions 113 of the pawl frame each have a depending portlon 122which support between which extends a rod =23 pawl, connect the lowerend of each pawl yieldingly with this rod'123 and tend at all times tocause the lower portions of thesepawls to rest againstth hack of theseries of notches in the lower forwardly nent portio sition of theseparts is as shown in Fig. 13 in which link 1 18 and the pawl frame ar inintermediate position. the pin 119 on the former heinp; located in an.intermediate portion of tie (rm groove 120. l hen ii i 121i tend to hoidthe r in en th movement is, due V earn groove 1% in cam to compel 1m 21Sand the upper end of the frame to move positively forwardl'v' into aposition. which hack of the upper series of tches in the pawl. f"ameengage against rea "do of the upper portions of pawls told thempositively in engagement 1 notches in the alining )lates of the Theactuators are positively held printing ope take place. [*s he drivingShall; continues. to rotate, however, the cam groove will cause therearward movement of link 118 and the upper partof the pawl frame andthe resultant forward movunent of the lower part of this frame. T hen'iovement in this :lireet -r ca: 'ies these members beyond their normalpom i shown in 13, and to posit on in which the rear of the lower set ofnotches in the pawl frame engage positively the lower ends of pawis l1and causes their movement about their axis 112 'in a clockwise directionin this figure and their disengagement from the alining plates com-,pletely. This position of these parts is rctained for a comparativelyconsiderable length of time during which the actuators are moved hv therestoring yoke 89, as previous. v described, to normal position. Afte.the aatorsare restored, cam groove 12 .s the m vement of ha! 118 and t11 series of springs 124:, one for each.

n 116 of the pawl frame. lhe normal poactuators and the resuring yokcs ae ii alse carries adjacent the in ray-5h in g pawl frn ne to norm-n1 01intcrinediai r tion in which the mwls 11] will be ingly hold by the sping's in e with the notches in the. :zlining planes iion swim-i .rliiiii 'y' minim 7Q retnrned in their nurnm'} nsition, us sh 1 in v12"111 Fig. 3 1n dotted ililirv'.

('ozm .-'.!hn .nnnthine, prov ed \Yii'J single totalizinin whiuh adaptedin 3 nred only amounts recs 1 Tin r f; i i c I n; how er, is adapted toprint upon 0rd 51.1 1}) and chi-ck, four diii'uront trnnsaciiuns,(:nsh", rocrirud 0n charge and paid out". The new: ;i the counterelements in the adding ope a: 33

tion is accomplished upon the rusturi nlorenlcnt of the amount actuatingssgmcnis to 3 3. The counter 15 nnrlnall,

with (hes-Q norm 136 n Qng :nlnpiuh upon the sperm when received onnccmant actions are 1 260111011 :0

of these segmrnts by ihe yoke War 6 tfects the diflerencinl and proper vnront takes the counter elements. .VErc-n charge ments have been paidout" transactions arr mrcered in the has beinre their i nmchine,prerision is Aside \vhnr hv She iion. T1

counter remains out of engagement i the m whic actuating racksthrnnghonitthe 0!:

with the result that anmnnts the v. actions are not entered in thecount-er.

As shown in Figs. "20 7 2'2 ihe' five counter Wheels handlingtransactinni 1n nary syntem. The first when! 1 r swatch-s 3:; to S6Fighifl represents "pwnce, ihesei lugs and the three. rem; n11 pounds.The penns win at flue left is not (uracil acina'ccm l segment but isnsu'in uni in T888111} fife-rs from the tens; or? poumis wheel adjacentto it on he right. Thse vrheeis are inward mounted upon a drum 126 and.12? which are respua triv al) supported in the two nd 128 and 129 of thecounter supper-ti These end inmnbers of the counter me 1: re connected:1 their nppe "forward comm by a transverse. plate 130. This (2011 v v rL." m inn-raring,

around which it n uni-r1 turn throw the cmnner int" and. nut 12G mentwith the P hi 1' and each nmn'po 0n n parts, a gear a drum, Tin-i irioni) 13 3. These meinhers are r-rm in P00 1 :Mnnrbors on in posiiinn rindicate 11-5 f'

